How to Spend Your Holidays in the USA: A Guide for International Students
This is a guide for international students to learn about holidays in the US. We showcase Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s and how you can spend them.
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Understanding Culture Shock: The Impact of Returning Home
Hello, friends! 😄 How’s it going? This is (sadly) the last post of our Culture Shock series… and I’d like to start our conversation by taking you back to your childhood. I assume you did some arts and crafts, using paint and mixing them to create new colors. Now imagine yourself being the paint — this Read more…
Understanding Culture Shock: Challenges with Your Spouse
Attention all married students and students who intend to be married– this post is for you! 🫵 You might have gotten married before ever thinking about coming to the United States, or maybe you got married with the intention of coming to the States with that special person of yours. 😍 The fact is that Read more…
Understanding Culture Shock: Effective Strategies for Overcoming It
You’ve learned what culture shock is (if not, read here!)… now you must learn how to conquer it! 💪 But how? 🤔 Here are some tips to help you get through culture shock! Let’s do this! 👊 Tip #1: Research your destination before going 🤓 Learn about your destination and its people– their lifestyle, traditions, Read more…
Understanding Culture Shock: Definition and Phases Explained
When you came to the United States, did you… Feel frustrated? Homesick? Ask yourself where your mind was when you decided to move to another country? Get angry about the new culture? Want to leave everything and go back home? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone and probably experienced Read more…
THRIVING IN THE USA: Tips for Middle Eastern Students (pt. 6)
Hello friends! Where are the✨ Middle Eastern students ✨ reading this blog? 👀 I asked some Middle Eastern friends to give tips for students like them to THRIVE in the US! 💪 I got tips from five people– how amazing is that?! 🤩 Among them are Saim Muhammad from Pakistan who’s studying Computer Engineering in Read more…
THRIVING IN THE USA: Tips for Latin American Students (pt. 5)
Hello, amigos! Where my Latinos at? 😝 I’m bringing some thriving tips for ✨ Latin American ✨ students! As a Brazilian, I thought about the main cultural differences between Latin Americans and North Americans, in addition to asking my friend, Fabiola Jara from Chile, to share some of her tips and personal stories. Fabi is Read more…
THRIVING IN THE USA: Tips for Indian Students (pt. 4)
Heyo! Where the Indian students at?? I asked my friend, Mohit Jangid, to write some tips for you. Mohit is a Computer Science and Engineering PhD student at Ohio State University. He came to the U.S. to get mastery in his field of study and to expose himself to a different culture. Stay tuned for Read more…
THRIVING IN THE USA: Tips for Chinese Students (pt. 3)
Hey, my international friends! Hope this post finds you well. 💮 If you missed our first posts of the series, go check them out here before starting this one! To those who’ve already read them, we hope it helped your cultural challenges here in the States. Today we’re calling all ✨Chinese students✨– this Thriving post is Read more…
THRIVING IN THE USA: Tips for African Students (pt. 2)
Hello, my international friends! I hope you’re well and thriving! 🌞 If you missed our first post of the series, go check it out here before starting this one! To those who’ve already read it, we hope it helped your cultural challenges here in the States. Today’s post is special for ✨ African students ✨ Read more…